What is the source of this new data?? carlisle knowlton wrote: > > > List: > > There is new data as to connections with pre-1600s KNOWLTONs: > > The working sample consists of a half dozen living holders of the > surname, all in North America. Each one of them enjoys two important > virtues: > > 1) A direct paper trail back to Captain William and his only > known breeding stock, his two American sons, John b. 1610 and William > b.1615. We are talking some twelve generations here. > > 2) Genetic proof --- meticulous dna science, easily replicated > --- linking all these people together; thus confirming the paper trail. > [There are of course many more than half a dozen people available, but > best keep it simple for now.] > > This situation also opens up a second trail: While genetically a match > with their descendants in America, the Massachusetts progenitors were > not in any way close connections of their supposed neighbors in England. > Indeed their closest connections found anywhere in the world appear in > seaports along the western and northern edges of the Iberian Peninsular. > > OK. I have deliberately held this to the bare bones. But new, exciting > cutting edge research on the subject is being covered in other forums. > Not to take notice of it here is to lag behind. > > In summary: There is good reason to believe that our KNOWLTON ancestors > ca 1550 were not long term indigenous residents of England drawn from > ancient stock, but rather relative latecomers who took the name from the > places where they settled. Their connection with known sea traders > lends creditability as to Captain William's anecdotal occupation. > Indeed there is basis to support consanguinity with Iberian descendants > of Phoenicians plying their sea routes; trading for tin with Cornwall, > for instance > > As always, the devil is in the details. I am far from being a reigning > authority, but to the degree that interest may arise will be glad to > enlarge upon any of this. > > > Carlisle Knowlton > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > >

Dick/Dena Iverson wrote: > What is the source of this new data?? > > carlisle knowlton wrote: > There is new data as to connections with pre-1600s KNOWLTONs: Thanks so much for your interest. Because I am neither scientist nor statistician perhaps the best place to begin would be with my Knowlton surname website: www.ftdna.com/public/knowlton%20surname/ There is raw information there, and more to the point, functional support and descriptions as to how the work is done and who does it, plus lead-ins to other surname sites, most of them far better examples of the genre than my own. Regards, carlisle knowlton